The other bad thing is that whoever goes on to win the championship is going to have to hear a whole bunch of "Well, they only won because they didn't have to play Alabama"

From Alabama fans, maybe.

The rest of us saw a "not-as-good-as-we-thought" Alabama team almost lose to a "not-very-good-and-poorly-coached" LSU team, and actually lose to a "better-than-expected" Texas A&M team. And they still need to play an "are-they-good-or-not" Georgia team.

The other bad thing is that whoever goes on to win the championship is going to have to hear a whole bunch of "Well, they only won because they didn't have to play Alabama"

From Alabama fans, maybe.

The rest of us saw a "not-as-good-as-we-thought" Alabama team almost lose to a "not-very-good-and-poorly-coached" LSU team, and actually lose to a "better-than-expected" Texas A&M team. And they still need to play an "are-they-good-or-not" Georgia team.

You may be right, but come the championship there are going to tons of people claiming that the only reason KSU, OU, NDU, (pick one) won is because they didn't have to play an SEC team. And that's not bad for Bama fans. That's bad for college football fans. On the other hand, it may make us glad we're going for the playoff the year after that.